Josette Rivera, MD

Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Geriatrics Fellowship, 2007 - School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview
M.D., 2001 - School of Medicine, University of Rochester
Honors and Awards
  • Outstanding Service Award, UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2016
  • Induction, UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2015
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2012
  • Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence Faculty Scholar, 2012
Websites
Publications
  1. Brode EC, Bernal JM, Cornes SB, Santhosh L, Rivera JA, Kulkarni SA, Mandal JR, Henry DM, Bartz KS, Van Schaik SM. Faculty Development for the People: Workplace-Based Solutions for Busy Clinicians. 2025. PMID: 40159456


  2. Haddock L, Rivera J, O'Brien BC. Learning Together: Co-Learning Among Faculty and Trainees in the Clinical Workplace. 2022. PMID: 35830270


  3. Rivera J, de Lisser R, Dhruva A, Fitzsimmons A, Hyde S, Reddy S, Tsourounis C, Adler SR. Integrative Health: An Interprofessional Standardized Patient Case for Prelicensure Learners. 2018. PMID: 30800915


  4. O'Brien BC, Little JW, Wamsley M, Cook JG, Yuan P, Rivera J, Cianciolo AT, Dahlgren MA, Ng SL, Stillsmoking KL. Emergent is Authentic: A Sociomaterial Perspective on Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education. 2017. PMID: 29020519


  5. Brown RT, Ahalt C, Rivera J, Stijacic Cenzer I, Wilhelm A, Williams BA. Good Cop, Better Cop: Evaluation of a Geriatrics Training Program for Police. 2017. PMID: 28436006


  6. Reeves S, Fletcher S, Barr H, Birch I, Boet S, Davies N, McFadyen A, Rivera J, Kitto S. A BEME systematic review of the effects of interprofessional education: BEME Guide No. 39. 2016. PMID: 27146438


  7. Rivera JA, O'Hare AM, Harper GM. Update on the management of chronic kidney disease. 2012. PMID: 23062158


  8. Rivera JA, Fried LP, Weiss CO, Simonsick EM. At the tipping point: predicting severe mobility difficulty in vulnerable older women. 2008. PMID: 18808598